Upgrade of Mass Spectrometer Control and Data Systems

根据化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目的这份合同，南达科他州立大学化学系将升级其质谱仪控制和数据系统。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a)有机污染物的环境化学研究；B)有机地球化学；C)树突材料和新型大环配体的有机合成；D)天然产物的结构解析；e)天然产物的全合成和不对称合成。质谱（MS）是一种用于探测内部结构细节和获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。这些研究的结果将对包括材料化学、环境化学和地球化学在内的许多领域产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at South Dakota State University will upgrade its mass spectrometer control and data systems. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) environmental chemical studies of organic contaminants; b) organic geochemistry; c) organic synthesis of dendrimeric materials and novel macrocyclic ligands; d) structural elucidation of natural products; and e) the total synthesis and asymmetric synthesis of natural products. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including materials chemistry, environmental chemistry and geochemistry.